Books by John S. Allen https://www.johnsallen.com/books/ Anthropologist and Author Tue, 12 Jul 2016 03:05:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Home: How Habitat Made Us Human https://www.johnsallen.com/book/home-how-habitat-made-us-human/ Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:04:59 +0000 http://www.johnsallen.com/?post_type=books&p=810 As the adage goes, home is where the heart is. This may seem self-explanatory, but none of our close primate cousins have anything like homes. Whether we live in an igloo or in Buckingham Palace, the fact that Homo sapiens create homes is one of the greatest puzzles of our evolution. In Home, neuroanthropologist John […]

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]]> The Omnivorous Mind: Our Evolving Relationship with Food https://www.johnsallen.com/book/the-omnivorous-mind/ Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:03:20 +0000 http://www.johnsallen.com/?post_type=books&p=793 In this gustatory tour of human history, John S. Allen demonstrates that the everyday activity of eating offers deep insights into human beings’ biological and cultural heritage. We humans eat a wide array of plants and animals, but unlike other omnivores we eat with our minds as much as our stomachs. This thoughtful relationship with […]

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]]> The Lives of the Brain: Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind https://www.johnsallen.com/book/the-lives-of-the-brain/ Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:02:20 +0000 http://www.johnsallen.com/?post_type=books&p=791 Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (walking on two legs, for instance, and relative hairlessness), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. And how this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal species into the dominant animal on earth […]

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]]> Biological Anthropology https://www.johnsallen.com/book/biological-anthropology/ Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:40:15 +0000 http://www.johnsallen.com/?post_type=books&p=807 with Craig Stanford and Susan C. Antón Discover the Best of Biological Anthropology: From its Earliest Foundations to its Most Current Innovations Biological Anthropology is written to appeal to a wide range of students.  It continues to build upon the strength and success of its first and second editions by integrating the foundations of the field with the […]

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]]> Exploring Biological Anthropology https://www.johnsallen.com/book/exploring-biological-anthropology/ Fri, 10 Jun 2016 04:45:46 +0000 http://www.johnsallen.com/?post_type=books&p=798 with Craig Stanford and Susan C. Antón Discover the best of biological anthropology: From its earliest foundations to its most current innovations. Over the past 40 years, the study of biological anthropology has rapidly evolved from focusing on just physical anthropology to including the study of the fossil record and the human skeleton, genetics of individuals and populations, our primate […]

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]]> Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach https://www.johnsallen.com/book/medical-anthropology-a-biocultural-approach/ Fri, 10 Jun 2016 04:39:01 +0000 http://www.johnsallen.com/?post_type=books&p=796 with Andrea S. Wiley An ideal core text for introductory courses, Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach, Second Edition, offers an accessible and contemporary overview of this rapidly expanding field. For each health issue examined in the text, the authors first present basic biological information on specific conditions and then expand their analysis to include evolutionary, […]

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